Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Horticulture – Full Time

Minimum Entry Requirements
The minimum entry requirements for standard entrants are a pass in six subjects (ordinary level) in the Leaving Certificate, to include Mathematics and English or Irish, or an equivalent qualification. Leaving Certificate Mathematics at Foundation Level (at grade B2 or higher) counts as a subject towards the six passes. The points awarded for Foundation Level Mathematics (at grade B2 or higher) are as follows:

A1 = 20 points A2 = 15 points
B1 = 10 points B2 = 5 points

CAO code: BN113 Entry Route into programme:

  • Leaving Certificate
  • Mature grounds
  • Special circumstances
  • FETAC graduates

 
Duration: 4 years
NFQ level: 8
Method of application: CAO
CAO Points: 220
Award title: Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Credits for Full Award: 120 @ NFQ Level 6; 60 @ NFQ Level 7; 60 @ NFQ Level 8
Awarding Body: ITB

A grade E in Leaving Certificate Mathematics at Higher Level counts as a subject towards the six passes, however no points will be awarded for this grade.

Mature students may be admitted without meeting these formal minimum requirements.
The minimum entry requirements for graduates of FETAC Level 5 or 6 awards is any full award in a cognate area and including a distinction grade in atleast 3 modules. The courses recognised as cognate areas for progression to this course include :
CASHX, 5M2586, CHXXX, 5M2586, CFLOR, 5M2686, CGKXX, CGDXX, 5M2586, COHOR, 5M2586.

Course Content

Year 1      
Semester 1
  • Personal and Professional Development
  • Business Administration
  • Plant Identification and Classification
  • Applied Science and Mathematics
  • Practical Training in Horticulture
  • Computer Applications 
Semester 2
  • The Horticulture Sector
  • Basic Concepts of Law
  • Technical Drawing
  • Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
  • Machinery for Horticulture
  • Plant Biology and Physiology
Year 2      
Semester 3
  • Summer Placement
  • Accountancy
  • Contract Specification and Tenders
  • Plant Protection
  • Nursery Stock Production

*Electives:
Protective Structures or Floristry and Interior
Landscaping or Principles of Sustainability or Soft Landscape
Construction or Commercial Horticulture Crop Production 1
Note : One elective must be selected from Semester 3 
Semester 4
  • Group Project
  • Financial Planning
  • Turf-grass Establishment and Maintenance 1
  • Landscape Design 1
  • Plant Propogation
  • Hard Landscape Construction
Year 3      
Semester 5
  • Placement
  • Marketing and Customer Service
  • Professional Practice in the Horticulture Industry    
Semester 6
  • Introduction to Digital Media
  • Biodiversity and Ecology
  • Arboriculture 1

Electives
Project Management or Features Construction or Plant and Landscape Management or Commercial Horticulture Crop Production 2 or The Principles of Organic Growing or
Computer Aided Design for Horticulture or Automated Systems and Mechanisation or Turf – grass Establishment and Maintenance 1
Note : Three electives must be selected from Semester 6
Year 4      
Semester 7

Final Year Project (Part 1)
Research Methods
****Electives
Horticultural Business Management – Planning or
Human Resources Management or Environmental
Indicators or Arboriculture 2 or Golf Course Design and Management or
Advanced Plant Pathology or Plant Treatment Regulation or Advanced Soil
Science and Chemistry or Commercial Horticulture Crop Production 2

**** Three electives must be selected from Semester 7     
Semester 8 Final Year Project (Part 2)
*****Electives
Horticultural Business Management – Operations or
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development or
Diffusion of Innovation or Univeral Design for Amenitites
or Genetics and Plant Breeding or Landscape Design 2
or Synthetic Sports Surfaces or Parks and Gardens or Horticulture Therapy or Commercial Horticulture Crop Production 2 or Turf Grass Establishment and Maintenence 2 or Arboriculture 1
*****Four electives must be selected from Semester 2

Source: ITB – Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Horticulture

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